Prague: It Begin

The winter of discontent that could bring down governments began today with a massive demonstration in the Czech capital:

Tens of thousands of Czechs protested in Prague against the government to demand more state help with rising energy bills, the largest manifestation of public discontent over the worst cost-of-living crisis in three decades.

About 70,000 people filled Wenceslas Square in the center of the Czech capital on Saturday, according to police estimates, with some carrying signs denouncing the country’s membership of the European Union and the NATO military alliance.

Czech inflation, driven mainly by surging housing costs and spiking energy prices, is currently the highest since 1993 and the central bank forecasts it to peak at around 20% in the coming months.

The Czech PM dismissed all of it as Russian sympathizers or dupes. Do the Russians profit from this situation? They are, of course! However, Czechia has been experiencing economic hardships.

This isn’t the end of such demonstrations in the next few months. It will get colder.

Meanwhile, in the UK, 60 percent of British factories may fail, crushed by exorbitant energy prices. Britain will be in financial trouble if six out of ten British factories close. This could lead to a recession.

Putin, I’m sure, is a scumbag. You can’t fire up your house or make your country’s factories angry at Putin no matter how red-hot they get.